Luke 22:15

And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:

And he said unto them, With desire I have desired, [ epithumia (G1939) epethumeesa (G1937)] - the strongest expression of intense desire. In Genesis 31:30 the same expression [ nikcop (H3700) nikªcapªtaah (H3700); epithumia (G1939) epethumeesa (G1937)] is rendered "thou sore longedst."

To eat this Passover with you before I suffer. The last meal one is to partake of with his family or friends before his departure even for a far distant land, in all probability never to see them again, is a solemn and fond one to any thoughtful and loving person. The last meal of a martyr of Jesus with his friends in the truth, before being led forth to execution, is still more touching. But faint are these illustrations of the emotions with which Jesus now sat down to supper with the Twelve. All the sweetness and all the sadness of His social intercourse with them, from the day that He first chose them to be with Him, were now to be concentrated and heightened to their utmost intensity during the brief hour or two of this their last meal together. But this was no common meal, nor even common Passover. It was to be the point of transition between two divine economies and their respective festivals; the one to close forever, the other to run its majestic career through all time, until from a terrestrial form it should dissolve into a form celestial. No wonder, then, that He said, "With desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer." This, as Alford remarks, is the only instance in the Gospels in which the word "suffer" [ paschoo (G3958)] is used in its absolute sense-as in the Creed, 'He suffered under Pontius Pilate.'